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Hydrangea Runaway Bride - Your Best Advice Please!
I've decided to grow some fertile-flowered hydrangea, Runaway Bride to be precise because it's so floriferous 😍
I'm a bit nervous about where to buy (probably online) for a good strong plant that will get off to the best start under my inexperienced hand?
I'll be planting in big pots just outside my gate - have read elsewhere to grow them in 70% John Innes 3 and 30% multipurpose so will ensure I have my compost in.
Any good tips to ensure their success please? It's a bit of a community thing (my planting up my front step has been a popular move in the street) and mostly abour the bees, which visit my fuchsias in abundance.
The shady front step plants have been an unexpected success for our pollinator friends and I'm eager to keep that up with hydrangeas, astilbes etc
Thank you!
I'm a bit nervous about where to buy (probably online) for a good strong plant that will get off to the best start under my inexperienced hand?
I'll be planting in big pots just outside my gate - have read elsewhere to grow them in 70% John Innes 3 and 30% multipurpose so will ensure I have my compost in.
Any good tips to ensure their success please? It's a bit of a community thing (my planting up my front step has been a popular move in the street) and mostly abour the bees, which visit my fuchsias in abundance.
The shady front step plants have been an unexpected success for our pollinator friends and I'm eager to keep that up with hydrangeas, astilbes etc
Thank you!
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Watering has to be consistently good - you can't rely on the sky, even in a wet area. Drainage has to be provided too, so if the containers are on a hard surface, they'll need pot feet of some kind - or bricks etc.
Pruning needs to be considered - check you follow the correct regime for best results.
Soil will need refreshing every year, and a slow release food is ideal unless you have the time and inclination to do it when required.
There are plenty of good outlets for hydrangeas online
I've used this company and they were very good - huge choice, and well packaged etc
https://signaturehydrangeas.co.uk/
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
They also suggest you can put them into hanging baskets but that would need really good watering and I would think for one season only.
Either way they would be good for a few years if you follow the above advice but you could start them off in smaller containers and pot on in future years.
You mention you are siting them outside your gate are they going to be secure from theft?